Fire-extinguishing apparatus.



O. E. GORDON. FIRE BXTINGUISHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 1mm, 1910.

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ORVILLE E. GORDON, OF RAYS CROSSING, INDIANA.

FIRE-EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1910.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911. Serial No. 542,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORVILLE E. GORDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rays Crossing, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for the convenient and prompt use of watchmen or other employees in elevators, mills, factories and other establishments, whereby fires may be extinguished in their incipienoy.

The object of the invention is to provide apparatus of the above-mentioned character that may be cheaply obtained and readily kept in condition for immediate use in all places where fire hazard is great, in order that destructive or damaging confiagrations may be prevented by any one at hand who may discover a fire that might be liable to cause damage; a further object being to provide simple portable fire extinguishing apparatus comprising buckets adapted to discharge either large or small quantities of water or fire extinguishing liquid and so constructed that they may not be conveniently used for other purposes, therefore will not be removed from their accustomed places by careless workmen for other than the purposes for which they are intended to be used.

With the above-mentioned and minor objects in view, the invention consists in apparatus comprising a tank to hold liquid and provided with a hollow lid and one or more buckets held removably under the lid for carrying the liquid from the tank to a fire, each bucket having a partially closed top and a spout so that liquid may either be poured rapidly from the uncovered portion or poured in small quantities from the spout, the bottom of the bucket being provided with a stifi handle for guiding the bucket in use and also to prevent the bucket from standing upright alone, so that it is not adapted to be used for ordinary purposes, and the invention consists further in the parts, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and then defined in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus in normal position; Fig. 52, a fragmentary side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a top plan of the apparatus with the bucket-holding lid of the tank opened, so that the apparatus may be used; Fig. 4, a fragmentary front elevation of the apparatus in position ready foruse; Fig. 5-, a sectional view on the plane of the line A A in Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a fragmentary vertical central section of the improved bucket; Fig. 7, a horizontal section on the line B B in Fig. 41; and Fig. 8, a vertical central section of the bucket at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 6.

Similar reference characters in the diiferent figures of the drawings indicate like parts or features of construct-ion herein referred to.

The apparatus as preferably constructed is made principally of relatively thin galvanized iron, so as to be cheap and durable, the tank comprising a circular bottom 1 preferably having a Wooden reinforcement 2 under it, a cylindrical side wall 3 attached to the bottom and having a turned over stifiened bead 4 at the upper end thereof, the bead being preferably rolled over a wire ring 5. The rear portion of the tank has a cover part 6 suitably secured thereto preferably by turning the edge portion 7 thereof over the bead 1 and otherwise as may be desired, the cover part 6 having hinge members 8 on the forward edge thereof that are turned over a hinge rod 9. Another part to cover the remaining portion of the tank is constructed as a movable hollow lid con prising a front and side wall part 10 curved to conform to the curvature of the tank wall, a straight or fiat back part 11 attached to the ends of the part 10 and adapted to rest on the cover part 6 when the lid is open, the lower edge of the back having hinge-members 12 thereon turned over the rod 9, the middle portion of the back 11 preferably having a reinforcing piece 13 on the inner side thereof.

The lid is preferably adapted to fit closely into the top of the tank and is provided on the outer side thereof with a rim 14 to rest on the top of the tank and support the lid;

or the lid may be otherwise fitted to the.

"that one bucket only may be accommodated,

but it is preferred that the tank have a capacity of approximately fifty gallons or more and each bucket to hold approximately two and one-half gallons, so that two buckets may be conveniently stored in the lid .of the tank.

The inner side of the top 15 of the cover is provided with two pairs of guides 17, 17'

and 18, 18, the-two guides of each pair being suitably spread apart, so that a bucket may stand against them when the lid is open, each pair of guides having a spring clasp mounted thereon to hold the bucket when placed against the guides, the two clasps comprising curved arms 19, 19 and 20, 20, to embrace the bodies of the buckets, and the arms preferably have outwardlyextending ends 21 and 21 to enable the buckets to force the arms apart when inserting the buckets in the clasps.

The buckets are alike, each comprising a body part 22 or 22 and a bottom 23 attached to the body part, the lower portion of the body part having a relatively large bead or flange 24: thereon to engage the under sides of the spring clasps to prevent accidental displacement of the buckets when held by the clasps. The under side of the bottom 23 has a stiff metal handle 25 thereon that prevents the bucket from standing in upright position. The body of the bucket is provided as usual with cars 26, 26, to which a bail '27 is connected, and the top of the bucket is partially closed by a curved cover 28 below which is an aperture 29 in the body of the bucket, the body being provided with a spout 30 to conduct the liquid from the aperture when the bucket is tilted.

In practical use any suitable fire extinguishing liquid composition or Water may be kept at all times in the tank, and a suitable number oftanks may be distributed in different parts of a building, as will be understood, each'tank being normally closed to exclude foreign matter and'to inclose the buckets, so as not to be seen ordinarily by triflers who might be disposed to use them for other than the purposes intended, and in case of an accidental fire the lid may be tilted back on its hinges so as to stand in upright position, when it will be apparent that any one may quickly by the exercise of a little force remove the buckets from their holding clasps and fill them at once in the tank, so that any one at hand may extinguish the fire without loss of time. When the buckets are not required for use they should be replaced with their handles 25 resting on the back 11 of the cover and their bodies against the guidesand secured by the spring clasps, and so held the lid may be drawn forward to its normal position and will normally support the buckets in substantially horizontal position ready for use when again required.

Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new, is

1. Fire-extinguishing apparatus comprisinga tank, a hollow lid hinged to the tank and normally covering the top thereof, a pair of embracing arms mounted on the inner side of the horizontal top of'the lid, supporting devices mounted on the inner side of the upright side of the "lid, and a bucket removably held by the pair of embracing arms on the supporting devices.

2. Fire-extinguishing apparatus comprising a tank consisting of a bottom 'and a cylindrical side wall-attached to the bottom,

a relatively narrow cover part attached to the top of the side walh hingessecured to the cover part, lIld1Ll10llOW lid comprising a curved front and side part adapted to enter the top of sidewall and having arim thereon to rest on'the top ofthe side wall,

the lid comprising also a flat normally vertical back and a top attached to the front and side part, the forward-p'ortionof the top being inclined; the lower portion 'of the back being secured to said hinges, said back beinguadapted to'rest :upon said'cover part when said lid isiopen, and devices mounted on the inner sideio'f the top of 'said lid for holding a bucket :in horizontal position whenthe lidis in closed position and carrying the bucket to upright position on opening the lid.

3. iFire extinguishing apparatus comprisingia tank, a cover part secured on the rear portion of the tank, hinge "members on the cover part, -a lid comprising front and-side parts and a straight back andalso a top having an inclined forward portion, the front and side parts normally resting on the top :of'the :tank, the lower portion of the back having rhinge members thereon .con-

nected to the hinge 'members 'of said cover "part-and Fhaving also two pairs of guides on I the inner side thereof, two-Ebuckets having each a handle on the bot-toml restin-g on said back, each bucket having an annular In testimony whereof, I affix my signature projectim thereon, 0 hSpIingddaSpSd each in presence of two witnesses.

mounte on a pair 0 t e gui es an embracing a bucket for carrying the bucket ORVILLE GORDON 5 from the horizontal to upright position, and Witnesses:

a handle on the inclined port-ion of the top H. C. MORRISON,

of the lid. J. OSCAR HALL.

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